Storms in Alabama in 2002

759 events in 579 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2002, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Alabama in 2002 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 759
Deaths: 21
Injuries: 158
Damage: $37 million
Episodes: 579

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	268	0	2	$2.8 million
Hail	236	0	1	$1.7 million
Lightning	52	6	22	$860,000
Tornado	44	13	131	$17 million
Flash Flood	38	0	0	$7.2 million
Winter Storm	28	0	0	$30,000
Heat	28	0	0
Heavy Snow	16	0	0
High Wind	12	0	0	$41,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	11	0	0
Funnel Cloud	11	0	0
Tropical Storm	8	0	0	$6.6 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	4	0	0	$175,000
Rip Current	3	2	2

Every episode, month by month

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.